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Austin, TX (PRWEB) May 22, 2007 -- From training people with disabilities to use accessible online constituent relationship management (eCRM) tools to develop and manage Web content, to creating Web sites that exceed certification standards for accessibility, Easter Seals and Guide Dogs for the Blind, with the help of Convio, Inc., are leading a trend that has ramifications beyond the nonprofit sector."

SAN FRANCISCO, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Give2Asia, a U.S.-based nonprofitfacilitating personalized philanthropy for corporations, foundations andindividuals, released audited financials that mark 2006 as a record yearfor its donors' giving to local charities in Asia. During its fiscal yearending October 1, Give2Asia made possible a record $17 million in giving,facilitated 250 grants to local groups in Asia, and hosted 111client-directed giving funds."

Industry Veteran Brings Extensive Professional Engineering and Client Service Experience to Leading Nonprofit Technology Partner

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Convio, Inc. – a trusted partner that leads the way in helping nonprofits use the Internet strategically to get extraordinary results – today announced that 20-year technology industry veteran Gary Allison has joined the company as vice president of engineering."

Friday, May 11, 2007

Stromberg Consulting Opens London Office and Appoints New Managing Director

NEW YORK, May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Ketchum announced today the opening ofthe first European office for its wholly owned management consultancy,Stromberg Consulting. Based in London, U.K., the expansion will enableStromberg to share its proven approach to organizational change managementand internal communications with the European market. Victoria Brown willlead the consultancy's London practice while Stromberg further enhances itsU.S. leadership through the appointment of Ken Boughrum as managingdirector.

'Give me a place to stand and a lever, and I can move the world.' - Archimedes, c. 287-212 BC

NEW YORK, May 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Changing Our World, Inc. today announced the reorganization and rebranding of its rapidly-growing philanthropy services practice into a new firm, Archimede Philanthropy Partners."

IRVINE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- May 09, 2007 -- Sage Software announced today that it is evolving its business organization to better address its customers by aligning business units more closely to its customer segments. The company's new Business Management Division brings its accounting, ERP, CRM, and related businesses into a single organization to serve the broad needs of small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) with core business management solutions. The new Industry & Specialized Solutions Division provides industry-specific solutions for businesses and organizations in the construction, real estate, and nonprofit industries, as well as serving businesses of all types with human resource management systems, online payroll services and other employee-management solutions. These two new divisions join the company's Healthcare Division, which serves healthcare practices, and the Payment Solutions Division, which supports merchants' payment processing needs."

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--David Adler, C.E.O. and Founder of BizBash Media, the largest Web site and trade media for event planning professionals, announced today that his company has entered into an agreement to purchase Masterplanner, an online event clearinghouse calendar service, from Kintera, Inc. (NASDAQ: KNTA). Kintera provides software as a service to help organizations reach more people, raise more money, and run more effectively. Mr. Adler also announced that the founder of Masterplanner, Elisabeth Familian, will be named the Chairperson of the new entity. Familian is the West Coast President of BizBash Media. The transaction is expected to close in early May 2007. Financial details of the transactions were not disclosed."

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